College Sports and the Giant Albatross

Wednesday ends the 10-year excommunication of former basketball player Chris Webber from the University of Michigan, part of the NCAA's punishment for what the NCAA said Webber did: accept $280,000 from a booster over five years.

Webber's actions violated the NCAA's amateurism rules, the organization found, and tarnished the legacy of the famous "Fab Five" recruiting class that played for national titles in 1992 and 1993. A school spokesman said NCAA sanctions prohibit Michigan from rehanging banners from those...